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Saturday 14 April 2012
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Editing - Sound
After exporting the rough cut of my movie, i listened to the sound track, after discovering how much background sound there was & that there was music playing in the background of each shot, i decided i would be best to delete all of the sound and record the sounds separately so as to remove the background interference. I have had to re-record the sounds of footsteps, gun's cocking & opening/closing as well as the radiogram.
Monday 6 February 2012
Editing - After Effects
Now that the movie is all together, i have used After Effects to add my idents & basic titles to the movie to create a rough cut, although i have still not edited the sound in anyway. I have not used After Effects much for editing, which i was i aimed to do, as when exporting, my video often comes out in much worse quality than from Premiere, and i wanted to keep the quality as high as i could; also the level of editing & the quality of effects are not as good on After Effects, as it is more aimed at CGI etc.
Friday 3 February 2012
Editing - Premiere
I have imported all of my footage into Premiere & have cut it together, to begin with i will not bother listening to and editing the sound, i am just concerned with sorting out footage which looks good.
Most of the shots have an annoying colourful haze of noise, as the room was dark when i filmed, i have realised that it would have been better if i had filmed during the day & edited the video to look like it is night time. i have colour corrected all of the footage to look the same, although it is not necessarily as it will look in the final cut, it is all the same, so that when editing the final cut, i can edit every shot at once. To make the footage look better, i have removed a lot of the red, as the shots looked very pink, this has improved the grain as well, as now it is less colourful, and has the 'vintage' look which i originally planned to add to the footage.
Most of the shots have an annoying colourful haze of noise, as the room was dark when i filmed, i have realised that it would have been better if i had filmed during the day & edited the video to look like it is night time. i have colour corrected all of the footage to look the same, although it is not necessarily as it will look in the final cut, it is all the same, so that when editing the final cut, i can edit every shot at once. To make the footage look better, i have removed a lot of the red, as the shots looked very pink, this has improved the grain as well, as now it is less colourful, and has the 'vintage' look which i originally planned to add to the footage.
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Filming
Today I filmed the first scene of my movie. Me and my dad set up his bedroom for the shoot, we rotated the Bed around 90 degrees & moved the TV and everything modern out of the room.
First I filmed a simple shot of the radiogram starting up, with the record 'Running Scared' on it.
After that i set up the tripod for the first shot, a slow pan past the bedside table, revealing the main character, i planned to have a couple of slow panning shots at the beginning, with fades between them.
The shoot went well and the only shot which we had trouble with was the final shot, as I could not get the angle i wanted past the door. and so i ended up doing a high shot, looking down at the dead body, whereas originally i planned to do a low shot looking straight across at the body.
Next I will edit all of my footage together in two parts, once in Premiere & once in After Effects
First I filmed a simple shot of the radiogram starting up, with the record 'Running Scared' on it.
After that i set up the tripod for the first shot, a slow pan past the bedside table, revealing the main character, i planned to have a couple of slow panning shots at the beginning, with fades between them.
The shoot went well and the only shot which we had trouble with was the final shot, as I could not get the angle i wanted past the door. and so i ended up doing a high shot, looking down at the dead body, whereas originally i planned to do a low shot looking straight across at the body.
Next I will edit all of my footage together in two parts, once in Premiere & once in After Effects
Monday 30 January 2012
Set-set-Setup
Before filming i have prepared the set.
I have a bedside table, with a lighter, some cigarettes & a glass of whiskey.
Old-looking bedsheets to show the age of the film.
A radiogram in the corner of the room - to play music on
Removed any clocks, TVs & electrical equipment
I have a bedside table, with a lighter, some cigarettes & a glass of whiskey.
Old-looking bedsheets to show the age of the film.
A radiogram in the corner of the room - to play music on
Removed any clocks, TVs & electrical equipment
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Costumes
The costumes i have chosen for my characters are quite simple. I have chosen a typical 'Hero Cowboy' outfit for the main character, denim jeans, a white shirt & an unbuttoned black waistcoat. The other character, who is killed at the beginning will be wearing all black, as he should be portrayed as the 'bad man'. I have gone for very simple costumes, as i wanted the main character to be portrayed as having a simple, easy lifestyle; he has no need for expensive clothing as he needs to blend into the background for his job.
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